DSI breaks the screen into six distinct regions. The regions are used to receive input or display messages for the user. The six regions are illustrated on the following page. See Figure 2.6.1.
DRAWING WINDOW -- Model and definition cards are displayed in this area.
MENU BAR ¨C The groups of menus containing all eta/DSI modules.
ICON BAR-- This group of commands dynamically manipulates the display, position, and perspective of a model.
MENU -- Commands and the Command Options are displayed in this area. They can be accessed via the keyboard mouse.
DIALOGUE WINDOW -- DSI displays comments and messages to the user and accepts keyboard entry commands in the dialogue window.
DISPLAY
PARAMETER OPTIONS WINDOW -- These commands set the plot options for the current
model.
Menu Bar
Icon Bar
Menu
Dialogue Window Display
Figure 2.6.1 DSI Window Layout